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Abstract
In the face of the climate emergency, it is becoming clear that cultural change is a necessary transformative shift that must occur to ensure human survival. Climate change is entangled with behavioural and social dimensions of our lives, necessitating that we undergo cultural transformation to access the potential of existing climate solutions. While there is both an increase in research regarding how the arts can contribute to this needed cultural transformation, as well as increasing participation in climate work by those within the arts sector, the marriage between evidence and practice in this field is in its infancy. Existing literature highlights the exciting potential of the arts to make meaningful contributions to climate action through interdisciplinary contributions to knowledge creation, public engagement forums that go beyond fact-sharing, and imagining future scenarios for our world. That said, arts organizations are often left out of the conversation. In an effort to bridge the gap between study and practice in this field, this paper reports on interviews with key members of CreativePEI to better understand how one arts organization and its members conceptualize their role in climate action as well as identifying critical barriers to conducting climate work within the arts. Further, the paper situates the results of the study within the current literature, examining any synergies between the findings of the study and scholarly works in the field. By showcasing the ways in which one arts organization situates itself within the broader project of climate change, this work sheds new light on the current state of climate work in the arts in Canada and how cultural organizations can reimagine their role to better align with the evidence about what the arts can uniquely offer to climate action.
Keywords:
- CreativePEI,
- art organizations,
- public engagement,
- Canada arts,
- climate action
Résumé
Face à l'urgence climatique, il devient évident que le changement culturel est une transformation nécessaire pour assurer la survie de l'humanité. Le changement climatique est lié aux dimensions comportementales et sociales de nos vies, ce qui nécessite une transformation culturelle pour accéder au potentiel des solutions climatiques existantes. Bien qu'il y ait une augmentation de la recherche sur la façon dont les arts peuvent contribuer à cette transformation culturelle nécessaire, ainsi qu'une participation croissante au travail sur le climat par les acteurs du secteur artistique, le mariage entre les preuves et la pratique dans ce domaine n'en est qu'à ses balbutiements. La littérature existante met en évidence le potentiel passionnant des arts pour apporter des contributions significatives à l'action climatique par le biais de contributions interdisciplinaires à la création de connaissances, de forums d'engagement public qui vont au-delà du partage de faits, et de l'imagination de scénarios futurs pour notre monde. Cela dit, les organisations artistiques sont souvent exclues de la conversation. Afin de combler le fossé entre l'étude et la pratique dans ce domaine, cet article rend compte d'entretiens avec des membres clés de CreativePEI pour mieux comprendre comment une organisation artistique et ses membres conceptualisent leur rôle dans l'action climatique et pour identifier les obstacles critiques à la réalisation d'un travail sur le climat dans le domaine des arts. En outre, l'article situe les résultats de l'étude dans la littérature actuelle, en examinant les synergies entre les résultats de l'étude et les travaux universitaires dans ce domaine. En présentant les façons dont une organisation artistique se situe dans le projet plus large du changement climatique, ce travail jette un nouvel éclairage sur l'état actuel du travail sur le climat dans les arts au Canada et sur la façon dont les organisations culturelles peuvent réimaginer leur rôle pour mieux s'aligner sur les preuves de ce que les arts peuvent offrir de façon unique à l'action climatique.
Mots-clés :
- CreativePEI,
- organisations artistiques,
- engagement du public,
- arts du Canada,
- action climatique
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